Hey everyone!

What's this? I'm updating? It's the END OF THE WORLD.

This fic is a bit meta. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a name that's not taken or weird sounding while being space related? The most prominent one being Nova thanks to MrEVA and his Nova Vs fic. Then there's like a million other names I've seen all around this place and on tumblr. Star and Marco are me trying to think of that. So enjoy!

"Equinox?"

"Taken."

"Nova?"

"Taken."

"Quasar."

Star gasped.

"Wait, that works!?"

"No, I just saw a really cute dress in this book. Taken."

Star and Marco thought of another name they could use for their child. It's only been a few weeks since they found out the young queen was pregnant (one can only imagine the range of emotions Marco had when he found out, most of which was pure happiness and anxiety). Since then, Queen Moon and King River have suggested that they think of a name early since it's tradition that the Butterflies maintain an astronomy-related name in the family, and it seemed like such an easy task, but as they searched through the family history, most of the names the two dorks originally thought of was already taken. They would have to think really hard about this one. At this rate, it would take many more months to come up with an original name.

Star shifted, laying her head on her husband's lap, letting her feet hang off the edge of the couch. "What if we just name her Star Junior?"

Marco chuckled. "C'mon Star, we can't be lazy about this. Plus, I don't think our kid's going to like that very much."

The new queen poked his cheeks. "What? You don't think my name is cute?"

Marco swatted her hands away playfully and smiled. "Of course I do, silly. But like I said, we can't be lazy about it."

"I think we should ask the baby about it." Star placed a hand on her stomach, rubbing her womb gently. "What do you think, Star Junior? Do you like the name?"

No response.

"See? She thinks it's okay!"

Marco smiled, shaking his head. "Star, the baby can't even hear us yet. That'll take a couple more months."

"Alright, alright…"

"How does… Luna sound?"

"Luna?"

"Yeah, you know. Based on the word lunar."

"Ooohhhhh I like that! Let's name her Luna- wait, but what if other kids don't like that name and make fun of her for it?"

"What?"

"She might be shy or take after me and be super weird and won't make any friends and they'll call her Loony Luna!"

"You're not weird- wait, Loony Luna? Have you been reading Har-"

"And then- oh no. It might end up as her official Mewnian title! And the tapestry! Oh no… no no no no no, we can't do that name…"

Marco gave a puzzled look to his wife. "Tapestry?"

"It was in my wand! They had titles for every queen! Me, my mom, Eclipsa! My wand is going to call her Luna the Loony… Marco." She quickly sat up and grabbed his shirt. "We have to choose a different name."

The male was completely lost. "Boy, that book must have really hit hard for you…. Okay, well if you feel that way, we can just think of another one. Might take us some more time though…"

Star smiled, giving a quick peck on the lips before laying down on Marco's lap once again. "Thank you," she said with a blush, turning away from his face.

Marco cleared his throat, trying to keep himself from blushing like the teens they once were. "Yeah… no problem… uhh… how about… Celestia?"

"Taken."

"Aurora."

"Taken."

"Nebula."

"Taken."

"Oh, come on!"

The two spent all night thinking of possible names for their baby, but to no avail. Soon, sleep took hold of the new queen as she held her husband close to her, almost as if she were afraid to lose him. Marco sighed, content with the woman next to him. He continued to think of a name for their child as he brushed Star's hair gently. Maybe he should come back to the topic later. His mind was numb from thinking of every term in the sky. He looked down at Star. The moonlight beamed through the window, covering her shadowed body with a glowing outline, making only her frame visible. A beauty he was lucky enough to see. Then it came to him.

Maybe this was the name they were looking for...

"So… Star Junior…" he whispered. "How do you like the name… Umbra?"

Umbra means "the completely dark portion of the shadow cast by the earth, moon, or other body during an eclipse." or "A dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is cut off."

I consider it space related. No it's not supposed to be a super edgelord name.

REVIEW RESPONSES

svtfoekitten: You'll have to live with that question forever :D

Guest Sorta: lol don't you hate it when you forget it's your own birthday?

Advait2003: He only overthinks things because he cares about his best friend Star!

xXPokeFictionXx: Eyyyy you got the reference! I'm glad someone did... And yeah, Marco's a bit absentminded about things sometimes. We all have one of those days, don't we... don't we? .

SonicE1337: Hey, no problem! I'm sure you were busy with your own thing! And no, trust me, it's not a homerun all the time lol. You can do it too! Most of these I just come up as I'm falling asleep. And thanks again for reviewing!

ChrisMSMB: WHAT? I MANAGED TO CONVINCE SOMEONE TO START WRITING JUST FROM MY OWN STUFF? There's no way I'm that good of a writer lol. I'm glad you enjoyed it and that you think my fics resemble the actual characters. It's pretty tough sometimes lol. And I'm so glad you want to join the community! There's plenty of fics to go around here, so read as many as you can!

FantazyFangirl13: Yeah, the hiatus is really killing me too lol. I should do my duty and update more, shouldn't I? (^^;) And you'll just have to live with not knowing what a Neebet is! (I don't know what it is either. Only Star knows)